Swine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene in Hong Kong, China.

Dulmini Nanayakkara SapugahawatteCarmen LiYun Kit Yeoh Priyanga DharmaratneChendi ZhuMargaret Ip

Published in: Emerging microbes & infections (2021)

We report a SCCmec II, ST39 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate from pigs that harboured toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene (tsst-1). The gene was located in a rare pathogenicity island SaPI68111, which also carried enterotoxin genes that can cause fatal infections. Pigs may potentially serve as a reservoir for MRSA dissemination.

Keyphrases

methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
staphylococcus aureus
genome wide
genome wide identification
escherichia coli
copy number
genome wide analysis
case report
biofilm formation
transcription factor
dna methylation
gene expression